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Stock Of The Day - MYOB
MYOB - IS IT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEIZE THE MOMENT FOR FUTURE?
It has been a few days only that MYOB Group Limited (MYOB), one of Australia and New Zealand’s leading accounting software provider, has been in the news with regards to lodging of its Prospectus with the ASIC for an initial public offering (IPO) and listing on ASX of its fully paid ordinary shares. This is expected to raise total proceeds of A$831.7 to A$833.8 million at an indicative price range of A$3 – A$4 per share. Accordingly, the Company expected to have a total enterprise value of about A$2.34 to A$2.69 billion. This is indicative of 20.6 times to 24.9 times proforma net profit after tax and amortisation for the year to June 2016 with a probable dividend yield of 2.8% to 3.3% for the 12 months ending 30 June 2016.
Financial Highlights of FY2014 (Source – Company Reports)
The market suspects that a successful IPO may help the Company to be the year’s largest float to-date. MYOB is expected to be listed on ASX in May 2015. A portion of the proceeds will be applied for debt reduction. MYOB expects that the IPO may cost $51.8 million including $41.4 million in fees to advisers and other transaction costs. Bain Capital, which is the Company’s largest shareholder, has been reported to hold about 57% of MYOB’s shares on listing.
Pro Forma Forecast and Statutory Cash Flows for 1H2015 and 1H2016 (Source – Company Reports)
It is also important to note that Xero, MYOB’s competitor, has claimed that MYOB’s prospectus for its $2.7 billion listing lacks few competitive details (such as details relating to count of customers across Australia and New Zealand) for investors. Xero stated that it has about 200,000 paying customers in Australia out of a total customer base of 400,000, with 119,000 in NZ and 61,000 in Britain.
Principal Participants in the Australia and New Zealand SME Software Market (Source – Company Reports)
On the other hand, MYOB in its prospectus stated that it has 505,000 paying clients across Australia and NZ with 116,000 being cloud-based customers who pay a subscription. It has a further 716,000 non-paying customers using the desktop software. Thus, Xero’s claims have been considered as an extreme and inaccurate form of criticism as per MYOB’s management.
Divisions and Product Suite (Source – Company Reports)
The Company is returning to the ASX after six years of private ownership which proffers an opportunity for shareholders. MYOB has reported to have a robust base with 67% of new clients opting for cloud products. The Company leads in the SME Software Market by users comprising about 60% to 65% of the total number of Accounting Software users. The Company’s last year’s revenue attributed to 60% to 65% of total revenues in the Practice Software Market. Then, 15% of its revenue last year comprised about 15% of total revenues in the Enterprise Software Market.
Historical Composition of MYOB’s Revenue (Source – Company Reports)
MYOB has an SME user retention rate in FY2014 of 81% which is an increase from 78% in FY2011. 83% of MYOB’s revenue is reported to emanate from Australia with the remaining coming from NZ. The Company maintained a recurring revenue swelling from 89% of total pro forma revenue in FY2012 to 94% in FY2014. The pro forma revenue rose at a CAGR of 8% between FY2012 and FY2014, and the pro forma EBITDA margin at above 40% between FY2012 and FY2014. These aspects are indicative of high cash generation with an interesting financial profile. Of course, the spat between the competitors would be eyed closely in terms of growth and performance.
MYOB R&D Spending in $ millions (Source – Company Reports)
Overall, it seems that MYOB has been running up a transformational ladder while delivering innovative cloud solutions for SMEs and partners that has helped the Company deliver double digit revenue and profit growth.
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